What is What Men Want about?
Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A sports agent gains a magical advantage, hilariously turning the tables on her male colleagues with broad humor.
Feel-good and romantic, with big broad humor. A date-night pick at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Starz, Hoopla (free) and YouTube (free).
What Men Want parents guide
Nothing past what an R promises: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Cast and crew
Directed byAdam Shankman
StarringTaraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan, Shane Paul McGhie, Erykah Badu
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